JJ Curry, who plays Mita’s Kitchen & The Lion’s Den in Ybor City on July 17, 2019. Credit: Ashley Dudney

JJ Curry, who plays Mita’s Kitchen & The Lion’s Den in Ybor City on July 17, 2019. Credit: Ashley Dudney

After serving in the U.S. Air Force, Georgia-reared comic JJ Curry is climbing the ranks in the comedy scene in his new hometown of Tampa Bay. He’s a highlight on the bill for the July installment of Ybor City’s Cabaret Comedy Night, where Iranian-American comic Farzin Moradi will deflect all the things bothering him by telling jokes while Sofia Sanchez uses her English degree for nothing.

Amanda Wilson’s working-mom comedy rounds things out alongside a set from new father Ricky Hicken, who’s bringing new meaning to cringeworthy dad jokes. Donations will be collected on behalf of the comedians.

Wed., July 17. Mita’s Kitchen & The Lion’s Den, 1704 1/2 E. 7th Ave., Ybor City. 9 p.m. INFO.

This article appears in Jul 11-18, 2019.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...